Lebanon News News Lebanon » Finance: How Hezbollah uses Lebanon to finance its war machine
In its own version of the Palestinian “pay-for-slay” scheme, the terror group has leveraged state institutions to channel public funds.
News Lebanon » Finance: Parliament Veteran Jaber Proposed as Lebanon Finance Minister
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Bloomberg) -- Veteran lawmaker and former economy minister Yassine Jaber has emerged as a frontrunner for the job of Lebanon’s ...
News Lebanon » Finance: Lebanon’s Finance Minister to Asharq Al-Awsat: Depositors’ Funds to Be Recovered in Three Phases
Yassin Jaber, Lebanon’s Finance Minister and head of the Lebanese delegation to the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, said that the recovery of depositors’ funds in Lebanese banks will ...
News Lebanon » Finance: Lebanon's finance minister says World Bank working on $1 billion reconstruction fund
BEIRUT, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Finance Minister Yassine Jaber told Reuters on Friday that the World Bank is working to create a $1 billion fund for reconstruction efforts in the country. "The ...
News Lebanon » Finance: US seeks to block Hezbollah ally from naming Lebanon finance minister
US move appears aimed at curbing Iran-backed group's influence Hezbollah's sway over Lebanese cabinet under scrutiny International aid linked to Hezbollah's exclusion from government BEIRUT, Jan 31 ...
News Lebanon » Finance: Hizbullah’s sprawling financial empire looks newly vulnerable
Residents of Beirut are, by now, used to warnings from the Israel Defence Forces ahead of bombing runs. Typically, these instruct locals to stay away from a tower block suspected of harbouring ...
News Lebanon » Finance: New Finance Commissioner named for City of Lebanon
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new Commissioner of Finance has been named for the City of Lebanon as current Commissioner Stuart Lawson is retiring in January.
News Lebanon » Finance: International Finance Corporation Announces New Investments in Lebanon
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, announced on Thursday new investments and engagements to expand access to finance and energy, support the growth of the ...
News Lebanon » Finance: Lebanon media says Israeli strikes hit Hezbollah-linked finance group
Lebanese state media reported Israeli strikes Sunday on branches of a Hezbollah-linked financial association, including near the country's only airport, after the Israeli military warned it would ...
News Lebanon » Finance: Lebanon’s finance minister: ‘The phoenix will rise again’
What’s the conflict’s financial cost on Lebanon? It’s very difficult to assess with accuracy the economic impact. Things are changing on a daily basis. Therefore it’s difficult to assess while ...
News Lebanon » Finance: Lebanon's new finance minister meets with IMF official
The new finance minister of debt-saddled Lebanon met on Saturday with an official from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for what he said was a "courtesy visit" and not bailout talks. Ghazi ...